Child&#39;s exercising and amusement apparatus.



PATBNTED APR. 21, 1903' P. F. CHASE.

CHILD'S EXERGISING ND AMUSEMENT APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PH'ILANDER F. CHASE, or BERWYN, ILLINOIS.

CHILDS EXERCISING AND AMUSEMENT APPARATU-S..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 726,028, dated April21, 1903.

Application filed Augnst16,1902. Serial No. 119 863! (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILANDER F. CHASE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Berwyn, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois,haveinvented a new and usefulImprovement in ChildrensExercisingand- Amusement Apparatus, of which "the following is aspecification.

In the Letters Patent'No. 652,472, granted to moon June 10, 1900, Ishowaconstruction of high chair for childrens use having a ladder formedbetween its hind legs and a large opening in the back through which thechild may get onto and 0d the seat without assistance from parents ornurses. Theinvention has-proved very beneficial, as the children arebetter pleased ordinarily to help themselves in this manner than theywouldbe to be lifted to and from the chairs.

My present invention is an attachment to a high chair and is welladapted to be used with the chair of my said patent, and I prefer to souse it. It is intended to serve as an exercising or amusement device forchildren, in the use of which they will find both healthful exercise andamusement.

The invention can be used either indoors or outdoors by child ren fromtwo to ten years of age,-and it embodies a childs dining chair or stoolopen at the back, so the child can gain access to the seat from thatside, and an inclined board attached at one end to the front of thechair or stool and resting at the other end on the floor.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of amodified construction. Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal section. Fig. 4 isa partial vertical section of the construction shown at Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a perspective of the pillow used to protect the clothing. Fig. 6 isaperspective of another modified construction. Fig. 7 is a detail of theremovable back of Fig. 6; and Fig.8 is a view similar to the other mainfigures, showing the invention applied to a stool.

Referring to the drawings, 10 represents a childs dining-chair, such asis shown in my saidpatent, with rungs or spindles 11 between the hindlegs adapted to serve as a ladder, and the back of the chair having alarge opening 12 above the seat, whereby the child ascending by therungs 11 is enabled to get onto the seat of the chair.

Attached to the front of the chair-seat is the slide-board 13, theattachment being preferably by means of a separable hinge. I prefer touse common door-hinges 14 for this purpose the parts of which arereadily separated by taking out the pintles 15 and leave no objeclionable projections when separated. Other forms of hinges may,however, be used. The board inclines downward from the hinged end nearlyto the floor, its lower end being preferably provided with shortstandards or feet 16, tipped with rubber, so they will not injure acarpet or polished floor. These feet should be high enough to enable thechildren to alight on their feet after sliding down,

which they could not do if the board extended clear to the floor. Smallmetal chips 17 are preferably attached to the front side of the frontlegs, where they may bear upon the floor. They are'intended to preventthe chair from tipping forward when the board is overloaded, as when twoor more children are on it at the same time. The board increases theability of the chair to resist any backward overturning when the childis climbing into it from the rear.

In Fig. 6 the construction of the chair is modified in that the back isremovable, being formed ofa cross-bar 18, with its ends grooved orslotted to enable it to fit the top rail 19 of the raised sides of thechair. Y

The form shown at Fig. 2 is intended forquiteyoungchildren,theboardbeingprovided .with wings or guards 20, andit may be attached to the chair by means of hooks 21, engaging the toprung 22 in the front of the chair. The Wings safeguard the child fromfalling sidewise from the board at the beginning of the slidingmovement, and they consist, preferably, of a standard and top rail, asshown.

The device shown at Fig. 8 consists of an ordinary high stool withbranching legs and toe-clips 17 and with the slide-board'suitably hingedto it. I prefer, however, to use the chair with raised sides, asillustrated in the other figures, because the child is less likely tofall with them than with the stool, the side arms forming convenienthandles to hold onto while passing over the seat and while getting ontothe board.

In order to save the clothing from wear, the children may use pillows25, the covering of which is adapted to slip easily and with littlefriction on the polished or smooth sliding-board.

The pleasure attending the sliding will induce the child to climb upmany times, and thereby it gets very healthful bodily exercise, tendingto good physical development. The slide-board should be smooth and freefrom splinters.

I claim 1. The exercise apparatus for children, consisting of a childsdining chair or stool, the back whereof above the seat is open so as togive access to the seat from that side, and an inclined slide-boardsecured at one end in front of the seat, and with its other endsupported at the floor, substantially as specified.

2. The exercise apparatus forchildren, consisting of a childs diningchair or stool, the back whereof above the seat is open so as to giveaccess to the seat from that side, and an inclined board detachablysecured at one end in front of the seat, and with its other end1slupported at the floor, substantially as speci- 3. Theexerciseapparatus forchildren, consisting of a childs dining chair or stool, theback whereof above the seat is open so as to give access to the seatfrom that side,and an inclined board hinged at one end in front of theseat, and with its other end supported at the fioor, substantially asspecified.

4. Theexercise apparatusforchildren,consisting of a childs dining chairor stool, the back whereof above the seat is open so as to give accessto the seat from that side, and an inclined board detachably hinged atone end in front of the seat, and with its other end supported at thefloor, substantially as specified.

5. The exercise apparatus for children, consisting of a childs diningchair or stool, the back whereof above the seat is open so as to giveaccess to the seat from that side, and an inclined slide board hookedupon the top front rung of the chair, and with its other end supportedat the floor, substantially as specified.

6. The exercise apparatus for children, consisting of a childs diningchair or stool, the back whereof above the seat is open so as to giveaccess to the seat from that side, and an inclined slide-board providedwith side guards and secured at its upper end in front of the seat, andwith its other end supported at the floor, substantially as specified.

7. The exercise apparatus for children consisting of a childs diningchair or stool, the back whereof above the seat is open so as to giveaccess to the seat from that side, and an inclined slide-board securedat one end in front of the seat, and with its other end provided withstandards of suificient height to enable the child to alight on itsfeet, substantially as specified.

8. The exercise apparatus for children, consisting of a childs diningchair or stool, the back whereof above the seat is open so as to giveaccess to the seat from that side, and an inclined slide-board securedat one end in front of the seat, and with its other end provided withrubber tipped standards, substantially as specified.

9. The high chair provided with toe-clips 17 on its front legs, incombination with a slide-board attached to the chair in front of theseat, substantially as specified.

PHILANDER F. CHASE.

\Vitnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, E. S. EVARTS.

